Monday, June 4, 2012

MLA: Kathy Corrigan - Burnaby-Deer Lake

Heavenly Father, we ask that MLA: Kathy Corrigan would experience Your blessing in her life today. Thank You for a lifetime of service to others through her many volunteer activities and community service. We pray that You would help her as she serves her constituents in Burnaby-Deer Lake as MLA and the people of British Columbia as critic for Public Safety and Corrections. Grant her strength, wisdom, courage and discernment as she gives herself to service and leadership. We ask this in Jesus' Name, Amen.

Kathy Corrigan was elected MLA for Burnaby-Deer Lake in 2009 and serves as Official Opposition Deputy Caucus Chair, Public Safety and Corrections critic and Women's critic.

A strong advocate for public education, Kathy served three terms on the Burnaby Board of Education (1999-2008) and was board chair in 2007 and 2008. She served on numerous district committees and was a member of the BC School Trustees' Provincial Council. Kathy is a lawyer and public policy researcher by profession. She has also edited a legal journal and has written about privatization and trade agreements.

As a long-time community volunteer, Kathy spent many years serving on parent advisory committees, the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association, the Burnaby & New Westminster Ringette Association, the Lakeside Advisory Board, and other organizations

She and husband Derek Corrigan have lived in Burnaby since 1977. They have four grown children.